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The button is a nearly vital gameplay element in a Portal puzzle.
Buttons are a testing element in Portal puzzles. They can be connected to other testing elements to activate them. The Portal 2 Puzzle Maker includes 4 types of buttons.


The puzzle maker includes four different buttons.
= Button =
 
Flat, round buttons. Activated when the player stands on it, or when any type of cube or sphere is placed on it.
 
=== Item Properties ===
 
* Button Type
** Turns this button into the selected type (Weighted, Cube, Sphere)


= Pedestral button =
= Cube Button =


This is the button triggered by pressing E on your keyboard.
Variety of the standard button. Can only be activated by placing a type of cube on it.


=== Item Properties ===
=== Item Properties ===


= Button =
* Button Type
** Turns this button into the selected type (Weighted, Cube, Sphere)
 
= Sphere Button =
 
Variety of the standard button. Can only be activated by placing a sphere in it.
 
=== Item Properties ===


The standard, weighted button. Activated by any sort of cube or the player.
* Button Type
** Turns this button into the selected type (Weighted, Cube, Sphere)


= Cube Button =
= Pedestal Button =


Cannot be activated by the player nor by spheres.
Tall, player-height button, activated by pressing the USE key (E by default). This button can be rotated to face any of the cardinal directions.


= Sphere Button =
=== Item Properties ===


Only activated by Edgeless Safety Cubes, also known as spheres.
* Timing
** 3 to 30 seconds: The connected item(s) will be enabled upon pressing the button, and disabled after the specified amount of time.
** Infinity: The connected item(s) will be permanently enabled.


[[Category:Portal 2 Puzzle Maker]]
[[Category:Portal 2 Puzzle Maker]]

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Buttons are a testing element in Portal puzzles. They can be connected to other testing elements to activate them. The Portal 2 Puzzle Maker includes 4 types of buttons.

Button

Flat, round buttons. Activated when the player stands on it, or when any type of cube or sphere is placed on it.

Item Properties

  • Button Type
    • Turns this button into the selected type (Weighted, Cube, Sphere)

Cube Button

Variety of the standard button. Can only be activated by placing a type of cube on it.

Item Properties

  • Button Type
    • Turns this button into the selected type (Weighted, Cube, Sphere)

Sphere Button

Variety of the standard button. Can only be activated by placing a sphere in it.

Item Properties

  • Button Type
    • Turns this button into the selected type (Weighted, Cube, Sphere)

Pedestal Button

Tall, player-height button, activated by pressing the USE key (E by default). This button can be rotated to face any of the cardinal directions.

Item Properties

  • Timing
    • 3 to 30 seconds: The connected item(s) will be enabled upon pressing the button, and disabled after the specified amount of time.
    • Infinity: The connected item(s) will be permanently enabled.
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